Comments on: Bottoms Up

Bottoms Up

rooftop secrets — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:54:36 -0800

Tired of waiting for that waitress to fill your pitcher? Technology once again rides to the rescue courtesy of two industrious Cornell students. [warning: lots of nerdy details in link...not safe for technophobes]

By: billysumday

billysumday — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:03:30 -0800

"We used the a priori knowledge that when a pitcher is empty the pitcher's bottom is perpendicular to the ground." Isn't the pitcher's bottom perpindicular to the ground when it's full? Or am I just dense?

By: billysumday

billysumday — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:06:39 -0800

Or wait...parallel to the ground. Aren't they both parallel to the ground? Now I feel dense and confused.

By: rooftop secrets

rooftop secrets — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:08:13 -0800

That bothered me as well billysumday, but as an alcoholic, I merely appreciate the fact that it works and leave all those pesky details to dem college boys.

By: cameldrv

cameldrv — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:12:05 -0800

That one threw me for a second too, but basically when the pitcher is tipped all the way over, i.e. you are pouring the last glass, the side is parallel to the ground, and the bottom is perpindicular to the ground.

By: rooftop secrets

rooftop secrets — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:16:52 -0800

*bows before cameldrv's superior grasp of beer physics* *finds himself a drink*

By: sharpener

sharpener — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:23:47 -0800

*applauds*

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:38:34 -0800

*does some sort of action, and then posts that action on metafilter accompanied by two asterisks*

By: sour cream

sour cream — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:55:35 -0800

"when a pitcher is emptied the pitcher's bottom is perpendicular..." would have been a little clearer.

By: malaprohibita

malaprohibita — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:24:02 -0800

I find it really, really ironic that this post is followed by one on pissing.

By: ChasFile

ChasFile — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:57:41 -0800

Any other Cornellians recognize the ECE lab from the photos? (or "hell on earth" as its affectionately known)?

By: ChasFile

ChasFile — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:00:28 -0800

Also, if you guys crash the instruct1 server during the weekend before finals, alot of people are going to be unhappy with you!

By: Duck_Lips

Duck_Lips — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:19:27 -0800

ChasFile. I might recall it if I ever went to lab or classes. I usually ignore the alumni donation solicitations, but now I know that the next generation is learning something.

By: mbd1mbd1

mbd1mbd1 — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:12:25 -0800

Nice senior design project. When I was at Duke I partnered with a player on the women's basketball team for our BME senior design project. We built a device to measure range of motions for the knee, nominally for use in rehab. She tore her ACL later that season....... Now I'm guiding a couple of senior design projects in BE at Penn and while they may not be as cool, they're much more useful.

By: transient

transient — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 22:28:54 -0800

The pitcher they were using has sloped sides, so you could potentially empty the pitcher without getting the bottom totally perpendicular to the ground. Best to order two to start with...

By: mote

mote — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 03:19:49 -0800

We have often found that one partner (Erin) may often throw out ideas that are in no way feasible to complete with our knowledge or time constraint, and the other partner (Matt) will have veto the idea to steer the group in the correct direction.

I think Matt wrote the writeup. A lot of fun to read, thanks!

By: orange clock

orange clock — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 09:48:01 -0800

Why not use a sensor, like gas tanks?

By: adnanbwp

adnanbwp — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:40:45 -0800

I would think that a device that knows the pitcher's empty weight, can alert the waitress as soon as the pitcher's weight approaches a predetermined minimum level closest to the empty weight. Also LEDz wrapped around the handle of the pitcher can capture the busy waitresse's attention. Whats with all this angles and stuff :S